Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
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Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#2Wolfram alpha for comparison: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+sun+to+e...
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#3If they're gonna push their silly instant answers, they'd better make sure the results are correct...
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#4But it seems to get it right if you ask the same question in the opposite order https://www.google.com/search?q=Earth+Distance+from+Sun
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#5the magic of machine learning, everybody
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#6Google seems to think that Earth is Gliese 412
Gliese 412 is a pair of stars that share a common proper motion through space and are thought to form a binary star system. The pair have an angular separation of 31.4″ at a position angle of 126.1°.[12] They are located 15.8 light years distant from the Sun in the constellation Ursa Major. Both components are relatively dim red dwarf stars.
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#7Huh... with JavaScript off, I get the answer "Distance from Sun: 92.96 million " (presumably miles) on the right hand side. With JavaScript on, I get the wrong answer from the title.
Edit: Actually, it gets the same answer on the right side with JS enabled; didn't notice that earlier. So just the instant answer is missing in the JS-disabled case.
Also, here's a screenshot for posterity (with JS enabled): https://i.imgur.com/8kyI523.png
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#8Google's systems do not, "think."
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#9Distance Earth-Sun = 1 AU
1e6 AU = 15.81 light years.
Somebody did not pick up the 'e6' part...
Re: Google thinks the sun is 15.81 light years from earth
#10If they're gonna push their silly instant answers, they'd better make sure the results are correct...
Google Search so aggressively massages my queries that it's become almost unusable.
I recently searched "80's rom-coms" and an instant answer came up on top. It was a list of 90's rom-coms. Similar, yes -- but not at all what I typed, and completely useless to me.